Experimental study on burn through properties of PVC membrane room under fire

Guoqiang Chai; Guoqing Zhu; Jinju Zhou; Yunji Gao; Ying Zhou; Yang Wang

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Aug 2021)

Experimental study on burn through properties of PVC membrane room under fire

Guoqiang Chai,
Guoqing Zhu,
Jinju Zhou,
Yunji Gao,
Ying Zhou,
Yang Wang

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Guoqiang Chai: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Corresponding author. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Guoqing Zhu: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Corresponding author. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Jinju Zhou: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
Yunji Gao: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 611756, China
Ying Zhou: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
Yang Wang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; Public Safety and Fire Engineering Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China; School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
p. 101212

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The thermal properties of PVC fabric membrane itself make it insufficient in fire resistance, and the overall stability of the membrane structure will be seriously threatened after a fire. In this paper, a small-size membrane burn-through test platform was designed and built, and the intermediate fire and corner fire tests were conducted to obtain smoke filling and membrane surface temperature law of change. Results showed that the softening and melting temperature of the membrane is about 164 °C, and the critical temperature of the membrane is about 257 °C. At the same time, the comparative analysis of the experiment and simulation results verified that the feasibility of Fire Dynamics Simulation to study the membrane structure fire.

Published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

ISSN: 2214-157X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-in-thermal-engineering/

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